Google DoubleClick Abused in New Malspam Campaign to Deliver DesckVB RAT

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malspam campaign that makes use of Google's DoubleClick domain as a way to evade detection and ultimately deliver a remote access trojan RAT named DesckVB RAT. "Before the victim ever reaches attacker-controlled infrastructure, the lure routes through...

Malicious code in parsimonius (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 a5ab85a46a37da928774b1885049b71d40d675c54683b13711f4e371d932394a Clone of a legitimate package with an added RAT running through a Telegram bot. It can e.g. exfiltrate env variables and execute remote commands. The malicious...

From Prompt Injection to Persistent Control: Defending Agentic Harness against Trojan Backdoors

LLM agents are evolving from conversational chatbots to operational tools in real-world workspaces. In local agentic harnesses, an LLM can read and write files, call tools, and reuse workspace state across sessions. While such capabilities enhance utility, they also expose a new attack surface fo...

MAL-2026-4859 Malicious code in telethon-pro-safe (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 8bc2e515c2eb7bf73ea5d532cfb6701dcaf3dd95e9d8248ee3d426b1d0c1ed8c During installation, package executes obfuscated code that starts a RAT-like software allowing remote control and exfiltrating sensitive data. --- Category:...

Fake ChatGPT download site infects Windows and Mac users with malware

A convincing fake website is impersonating OpenAI’s ChatGPT download page and infecting visitors with malware designed to steal passwords, browser data, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive information. The site, openew.app, closely mimics OpenAI’s real ChatGPT download experience and offe...

JINX-0164 Targets Cryptocurrency Firms with Fake Recruiter Lures and macOS Malware

A new campaign orchestrated by a previously undocumented threat actor has targeted cryptocurrency organizations with an aim to facilitate digital asset theft using recruitment-themed social engineering and bespoke macOS malware. "These campaigns leveraged sophisticated social engineering...

Fake software on GitHub and SourceForge distribute Deno RAT

During our threat hunting activities, we found fake installers and plugins impersonating popular software including ChatGPT, Claude, AutoTune, and Kontakt on GitHub and SourceForge distributing a Deno backdoor known as DinDoor. Attackers are using compromised YouTube channels to distribute links ...

Iranian Hackers Deploy MiniFast and MiniJunk V2 via Phishing and SEO Poisoning

The Iranian state-sponsored threat actor known as Nimbus Manticore aka Screening Serpens and UNC1549 has been attributed to a fresh campaign using lures impersonating organizations in the aviation and software sectors across the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East following the joint U.S.-Israeli...

MAL-2026-4823 Malicious code in msc-terminal (npm)

Part of a multi-package malicious campaign, msc-terminal npm author nhpkevte1576 carries the same payload as eo-terminal and logger-draft — a fully-featured infostealer and remote access trojan RAT deployed via a postinstall hook. All three packages share the same C2 infrastructure and attack...

SUSE CVE-2015-2667

Untrusted search path vulnerability in GNS3 1.2.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse uuid.dll in an unspecified directory...

MAL-2026-4345 Malicious code in eo-terminal (npm)

Part of a multi-package malicious campaign by npm author toskypi, eo-terminal is a fully-featured infostealer and remote access trojan RAT disguised as "terminal changelog logger utilities." The package README describes a completely different package terminal-logger-utils, indicating a...

MAL-2026-4198 Malicious code in terminal-logger-utils (npm)

terminal-logger-utils is a malicious npm package that when installed executes a postinstall hook that opens utils.cjs, an obfuscated malware dropper. The dropper checks the current system, downloads a platform-specific second-stage binary from Hugging Face, and executes it. The second-stage paylo...

MAL-2026-4156 Malicious code in timeago.js (npm)

Part of the Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain attack campaign in which a threat actor compromised the npm account atool and published 631 malicious versions across 314 npm packages in an automated 22-minute burst. Each malicious version injects a preinstall hook that executes a 498KB obfuscated Bun...

Docker: `PUT /containers/{id}/archive` executes container binary on the host

Summary When a user uploads a compressed archive into a container, a malicious image can execute arbitrary code with daemon host root privileges. Details When handling PUT /containers/id/archive requests with compressed archives, the daemon decompresses them using external system binaries. Due to...

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Search Path Element during the archive decompression for PUT /containers/id/archive API requests. An attacker can execute arbitrary code on the host with daemon privileges by uploading a compressed archive containing a...

IT threat evolution in Q1 2026. Mobile statistics

IT threat evolution in Q1 2026. Mobile statistics IT threat evolution in Q1 2026. Non-mobile statistics In the third quarter of 2025, we updated the methodology for calculating statistical indicators based on the Kaspersky Security Network. These changes affected all sections of the report except...

Malicious code in pyexecutorsme (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 326ad16be9056f6cbd75fa4f9a47dec8c3613b56aa53d3e5d439efeef7c6fcad Package attempts to download and execute a script acting as remote access trojan. --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like...

MAL-2026-3741 Malicious code in pyexecutorsme (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 326ad16be9056f6cbd75fa4f9a47dec8c3613b56aa53d3e5d439efeef7c6fcad Package attempts to download and execute a script acting as remote access trojan. --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like...

Malicious code in numpy-lib (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 a1e0009e8bfad1a403632094f43e661b328b40a6f518db00b890712789e39734 Package installs persistent malware acting as Rat, with the focus of stealing data and modifying copied cryptowallet addresses. --- Category: MALICIOUS - The...

Malicious code in py-requests (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 2bd2bd26870d2cf5df73c69bca7ed9088604eccf44727e4c59f0301cc8ccd35a Package installs persistent malware acting as Rat, with the focus of stealing data and modifying copied cryptowallet addresses. --- Category: MALICIOUS - The...